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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah but this is the Flames we are talking about. Making the playoffs has always been THE goal of the organization since 2004. The organization has always treated winning the cup in the sense of anything can happen if you get in.
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This is your impression, but I don't believe for a moment that this has always been THE goal. But then, by the same token, the reason it seems like this is an organisational approach is because the Flames have so infrequently been in a home-ice position to start the playoffs. But this is a product of circumstances, not the target.
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No recent Stanley Cup winner has had that mentality. They are building their teams to win the cup and making the playoffs is expected. The reality is that anything can happen means you could get hot at the right time, win a round, or two, or even three, but that's it because teams like the Habs rarely ever win the cup as they end up losing to a team that built and planned on winning the Cup.
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In twenty years there has been ten Stanley Cup-winning teams. It is extremely hard to win, and the fact of the matter is that most teams will never win one. Twelve teams have never won one. It took St Louis and Washington over forty years to win their first, and both are probably nearly as far away now from winning another one. Toronto has not won in over fifty years, and they look like they could realistically miss out on their best opportunity to win in at least two decades. No Canadian team has won in nearly thirty years.
The reality is that very few teams are fortunate and savvy enough to even open a true competitive window, and that most of the time this is what hockey teams can expect: either to miss outright, or to be eliminated in the first round. Teams like those in Calgary, Minnesota, Columbus, Florida, Manhatten, Toronto, Winnipeg and elsewhere illustrate just how difficult and futile it can be to build a championship roster. Teams like in Edmonton and Buffalo show that even under ideal conditions spectacular failure can occur.
Winnning is very hard. But it is a mistake to misconstrue the lack of success for an absence of desire or motive. That is just nonsense. Every team, every management group, every owner, every player, every fan wants more than anything to win a championship, and no one anywhere is merely content if all their team ever does is make the playoffs.
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